| 单词 | a swine of a |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa swine of a — (b) Without infinitive. Frequently in a swine of a —. ΚΠ 1911 N.Z. Truth 1 July I'm giving you the office. It's a swine. 1934 D. Thomas Let. Jan. (1987) 31 This method of letter writing..is very satisfying, but it's a swine in some ways. 1938 N. Marsh Artists in Crime iii. 38 ‘It's a swine of a pose, Miss Troy.’ ‘Well, stick it a bit longer.’ 1967 K. Giles Death in Diamonds ii. 41 The Inspector groaned. ‘Could be heroin. That's a swine.’ 2014 @Drawski5 21 Oct. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Been a swine of a day. Busy as hell. < as lemmas |
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